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Project 705 Lira: The Soviet Submarine That's Still the Fastest Ever Built
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Discover the fascinating story of the Alfa-Class submarines: Cold War engineering marvels that broke speed records, defied expectations, and left NATO scrambling—flaws and all. Dive in now!
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The Gripen: Sweden's Fighter Jet Masterpiece
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Sweden's JAS 39 Gripen redefines modern air power. From its groundbreaking design to unmatched versatility, discover how this masterpiece of engineering excels as the ultimate non-stealth fighter jet.
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XM7: Why the US Military is Replacing it's Main Service Weapon
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Discover the story behind the Army’s cutting-edge XM7 rifle and XM250 LMG, set to replace iconic M4s and M249s. Explore their design, capabilities, and battlefield impact in this deep dive.
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The C-390 Millennium: How Brazil Revolutionized Strategic Airlift
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Discover the untold story of Brazil's C-390 Millennium—a tactical airlifter redefining modern warfare. From its innovative design to record-breaking capabilities, see how it’s shaping global logistics. Watch now!
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The Most Important Piece of Science that You've Never Heard Of
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Bayraktar TBIII: The UAV That Will Change Warfare
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What if the Hoover Dam Failed?
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Why the Blended-Wing Aircraft is the Way of the Future.
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The Ford Nucleon: The Nuclear Car of the Future
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These Countries are Stacking Their Militaries in 2025
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RAT-55: Why the US Military Built the Weirdest Boeing Ever Made
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Choppers vs. Drones: The Sky's New Kings
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The RBMK: The Shoddy Nuclear Reactor That Nearly Killed Millions
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At 1:23 AM on April 26, 1986, Reactor 4 exploded, triggering the worst nuclear disaster ever. But why? This deep dive uncovers the design flaws that doomed Chernobyl. Watch now!
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The Incredible Wartime Pipeline Beneath the English Channel
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Let us tell you about the incredible Operation Pluto: a plan by the British Armed Forces to build oil pipelines to France in order to support Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy during the Second World War.
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Smart Bullets: When Hiding May Not Be Enough
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Smart bullets are real—and they might already be in use. From DARPA’s EXACTO to Russia’s secretive programs, guided bullets have come a long way since The Fifth Element. Here’s what we know.
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AH-64 Apache: The US' Most Terrifying Helicopter
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The Zip Gun: History's Worst Ever Pistol
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A gun so bad it destroyed an entire company. The Zip 22 promised innovation but delivered disaster—constant jams, baffling ergonomics, and a catastrophic failure that sank USFA. Here’s what went wrong.
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Everything You Need to Know: Deep Sea Saturation Diving
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Deep under the ocean, saturation divers risk their lives for oil, infrastructure, and exploration. Extreme pressure, isolation, and deadly risks—discover the hidden world of the deepest-working humans on Earth.
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China is Building an Immense Trans-Himalayan Highway
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China is building one of the world’s most ambitious railways—across the Himalayas. A megaproject of tunnels, politics, and risk, will this dream railway connect Nepal to the world, or end in disaster?
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The IL-86: The Soviets' Botched Answer to the 747
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A jumbo jet built for Soviet airports—spacious yet inefficient, packed with bizarre design choices, and ultimately a failure. Here’s why the IL-86 never took off like its Western rivals.
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The Shahid Bagheri: Is Iran's New Aircraft Carrier a Joke
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The Unrivalled Japanese Bullet Train
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The Atlantic Wall, Hitler's Terrible (And Expensive) Attempt to Keep The Allies Out
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Saudi Arabia's Ridiculous Plan to Build the World's Largest Structure (The Mukaab Cube)
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Tallest Planned Buildings Around the World
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Laser Weapons: Everything You Need to Know
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From Star Wars dreams to battlefield reality, laser weapons are finally here—but are they worth the hype? Here’s everything you need to know about the tech, the failures, and the future.
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The Bomb Even the FBI Couldn't Defuse
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In 1980, a gambler planted a 1,000-pound bomb in a Nevada casino—so complex, even the FBI failed to stop it. This is the insane true story of Harvey’s Casino bombing.
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Dornier Do X: The Mightiest Boat To Ever Fly
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The Remarkable Story of Building Hong Kong's Airport
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Goliath Tracked Mine: The Robot You've Never Seen
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A deadly World War II robot you’ve never heard of—Germany’s Goliath Tracked Mine. Remotely driven, packed with explosives, and ahead of its time… but plagued by flaws. Here’s why it failed.
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LHC 2: CERN's Incredible Plan for the Next Large Hadron Collider
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The Philippines is Building an Enormous Metro System
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Everything You Need to Know: Diamond Mining
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Lockheed: Very Large Aeroplane... (Yes, That's its Name)
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How Qatar Achieved its World Cup Dream
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The Immense Power of Brazil and Paraguay's Giant 'Friendship' Dam
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Why Boom Overture Might Share the Same Fate As Concorde
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The Monowheel: Motorised Unicycle of Death
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The Perfect Stealth Boat...that the US Navy Didn't Want Megaprojects 1.42M subscribers
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MANPADS: Why These May Change the Battlefield Forever
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Port Alpha: The US Navy's Astonishing Next-Gen Shipyard
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The "Felon" Fighter Jet: Russia's F-35 Killer?
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Lockheed LS-200: The Space Shuttle that Never Was
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What if Lockheed’s futuristic Star Clipper had taken flight? Discover the ambitious design, clever tech, and political twists that grounded NASA’s most promising shuttle that never flew.
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China's Enormous Huajiang Canyon Bridge
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China’s Huajiang Canyon Bridge is a world-record-breaking marvel—taller than the Burj Khalifa, heavier than two Eiffel Towers, and promising to transform a region with cutting-edge engineering and breathtaking scale.
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The Bogotá Metro: Necessary Upgrade, or Looming Disaster?
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After 80 years of delays, Bogotá’s \$4bn metro is finally under construction—set to reshape Colombia’s capital. But is it a transport revolution… or just the start of bigger problems?
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China’s Immense Twin-Turbo Answer to the Apache
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China's Z-10 attack helicopter blends Russian design, Western tech, and local innovation. Can it rival the Apache? Explore its secretive origins, evolving firepower, and growing presence on the battlefield.
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The Grand Paris Express
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Paris is digging deep—literally. Discover how the €35 billion Grand Paris Express is transforming transport, slashing commute times, and revolutionizing life across the City of Light.
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The Astonishing Specs of the Mercedes W16
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The Mercedes-AMG W16 isn’t just a Formula One car—it’s an engineering marvel. Discover how Mercedes transformed past failures into a high-speed masterpiece aimed at reclaiming racing dominance in 2025.
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Stryker: the US Army's Supercharged Infantry Carriers
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Republic F-105 Thunderchief: The Jet to End the World.
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The Mi-28: The USSR's Answer to the Apache Attack Helicopter
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Boeing C-17 Globemaster III: the World's Most Advanced Airlifter
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Hitler Built an Aircraft Carrier… And Never Used It
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Peru's $24 Billion Farmland Boom
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Peru’s desert coast is blooming. Discover how the Chavimochic megaproject turned barren land into a global agro-export powerhouse—and why climate change could threaten it all.
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The Huge Desert Base That Doesn't (Officially) Exist
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Beneath the red sands of Australia lies Pine Gap—a joint US-Australian base veiled in secrecy, surveillance, and controversy. Discover what’s known, what’s hidden, and why it still matters.
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Tupolev PAK DA: Russia's Answer to the B-2 Spirit
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USA v Russia v China: Aircraft Carrier Showdown
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Moscow's Immense Secret Subway
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Kugelpanzer: The Most Bizarre WWII Tank
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The Worst Fighter Jet in History.
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Turkey’s Insane Naval Aircraft Carrier
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The Troubled Race to Build Toronto's Tallest Skyscraper
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Two megaprojects. One skyline. As Toronto redefines its vertical limits, a fierce skyscraper race unfolds—ambition, setbacks, and soaring ambition collide in Canada’s quest for the ultimate supertall.
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China Is Building the World's Largest Dam
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China plans the world’s biggest dam in Tibet—an engineering marvel or geopolitical weapon? Discover the staggering scale, environmental risks, and hidden motives behind this $127 billion megaproject.
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Railguns: the Useless Billion-Dollar Weapon
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The U.S. Navy’s futuristic railgun promised Mach 7 strikes with pure kinetic energy—until it didn’t. Here’s how $500 million vaporized into sparks, melted barrels, and one epic military dead-end.
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Project Babylon: Saddam Hussein’s Supergun
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Saddam Hussein’s “Project Babylon” aimed to build the world’s largest gun—part space launcher, part doomsday weapon. This is the true story of Gerald Bull, secret deals, espionage, and assassination.
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What If Boeing's Passenger Jets Were Forced Offline?
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Grounding Boeing jets would freeze nearly half of global flights overnight, stranding millions, collapsing airline schedules, and shaking economies. This Megaprojects episode reveals the staggering ripple effects of such a shutdown.
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The Oplot: Ukraine’s Answer to the T-80
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Ukraine’s BM Oplot promised a world‑class tank—reactive armor, active protection, laser‑guided firepower. So why did it become a ghost fleet? Inside the ambition, delays, exports to Thailand, and wartime reality.
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Iran's Nuclear Project
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What's Happening with Indonesia’s New Capital City?
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Could Cold Fusion Replace Nuclear Energy?
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Kapustin Yar: Russia's Area 51
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Inside Kapustin Yar: Stalin’s secret rocket range where nukes met missiles, dogs touched space, EMPs blacked out cities, UFO myths crumble—yet modern tests and 2024 drone strikes prove its relevance.
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Are We Doing Nuclear Power Wrong?
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Jet-Powered Trains Are a Good Idea...
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JP Morgan Just Built an Enormous New York Skyscraper.
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Inside JPMorgan’s $3B bet: 270 Park Avenue, Manhattan’s all-electric supertall. From demolishing a LEED tower to threading megacolumns over Grand Central—engineering, rezoning politics, and a skyline-shifting headquarters redefining Midtown’s future.
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Why 'Russia’s Silicon Valley' Was a Total Failure.
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Skolkovo, Russia’s $4B “Silicon Valley,” promised global innovation but delivered corruption, sanctions, and state control. From MIT ties to military pivots, here’s how the dream collapsed into failure
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California High Speed Rail: Why This is So Hard.
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California’s $128B high-speed rail dream drags on: lawsuits, politics, and costs quadrupled. From “train to nowhere” criticism to record construction feats, can America still deliver bold infrastructure?
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China’s Type 99 Tank: World-Beater or Paper Dragon?
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Wendelstein 7-X Stellarator: Smashing Nuclear Fusion Records
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EVERY Saudi Gigaproject in Vision 2030
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Vision 2030 megaprojects—NEOM, The Line, Jeddah Tower, Qiddiya—promise reinvention, controversy, and colossal engineering. Visionary breakthroughs or overhyped vanity? Dive in for facts, timelines, and stakes.
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Virginia Class Submarines: The Greatest to Ever Do It?
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Inside the Virginia-class: stealth, sensors, SEAL ops, and Tomahawk punch. Discover how America’s versatile subs dominate oceans, battle delays, and face rising rivals—are they the greatest ever? Watch and decide.

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